Historical Jesus:
Books, Articles and Reviews

On-line Books

Rudolf Bultmann, Jesus and the Word
Full reproduction of the English translation of Bultmann's classic book of 1926, prepared for Religion On-Line by Ted & Winnie Brock.

Martin Dibelius, Jesus
Full reproduction of the English translation of Dibelius's classic on Jesus, prepared for Religion On-Line by Richard and Sue Kendall

Norman Perrin, Rediscovering the Teaching of Jesus
Full reproduction of Perrin's book first published by Harper and Row in 1967, prepared for Religion On-Line by Richard and Sue Kendall and Ted and Winnie Brock.

Albert Schweitzer, The Quest of the Historical Jesus
Full reproduction of W. Montgomery's English translation of one of the most famous books in New Testament studies; this is the first English edition of 1910 (London: A & C Black, 1910). This on-line edition was prepared by Peter Kirby on his Early Christian Writings site.

Articles & Reviews

Paul J. Achtemeier, “Is the New Quest Docetic?”, Theology Today 19 (1962): 355-68.

John Ashton, “The Religious Experience of Jesus”, 2002-03 James Lecture, Harvard Divinity School, in Harvard Divinity Bulletin 32/1 (Fall/Winter 2003): 17-20. [View whole issue in PDF]

David L. Bartlett, The Historical Jesus and the Life of Faith: Review article on Meier, A Marginal Jew and Crossan, The Historical Jesus, in The Christian Century, May 6, 1992: 489-493; reproduced at Religion-Online.

David B. Batstone, “Jesus, Apocalyptic, and World Transformation”, Theology Today 49 (1992-3): 383-97.

Gerhard Bodendorfer, “Jewish Voices About Jesus”, on-line article, Jewish-Christian Relations web site. This article is an English translation of a German original.

M.-É. Boismard o.p., “In What Year Was Jesus Born?”, On-line article at the École Biblique web site. [French Version]

Marcus Borg, “Jesus and Me”, The Fourth R 6,4 (July/August, 1993)

Marcus Borg, “A Renaissance In Jesus Studies”, Theology Today 45 (1988-89): 280-92.

Marcus Borg, “David Friedrich Strauss: Miracle and Myth”, The Fourth R Volume 4, 3 (May/June 1991)

James Charlesworth, “Jesus and Jehohanan: An Archaeological Note on Crucifixion”, Expository Times Vol. IXXXIV No. 61 (1973)

William Lane Craig, “The Guard at the Tomb”, New Testament Studies 30 (1984): 273-81; reproduced at Leadership University's web site.

William Lane Craig, “The Historicity of the Empty Tomb of Jesus”, New Testament Studies 31 (1985): 39-67; reproduced at Leadership University's web site.

John Dominic Crossan, “Almost the Whole Truth”, The Fourth R 6,5 (September/October, 1993)

Jonathan A. Draper, “Jesus and the renewal of local community in Galilee: challenge to a communitarian christology”, Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 87 (June 1994): 29-42

John H. Elliott, “Jesus was not an egalitarian. A critique of an anachronistic and idealist theory”, Biblical Theology Bulletin 32/2 (2002): 75-91 

Craig A. Evans, “Assessing Progress in the Third Quest of the Historical Jesus”, Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 4 (2006): 35-54 

Craig A. Evans, “Messianic Hopes and Messianic Figures in Late Antiquity”, Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism 3 (2006): 9-40

Craig A. Evans, “Jewish Burial Traditions and the Resurrection of Jesus”, Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus 3 (2005): 233-48 

Paula Fredriksen, “Did Jesus oppose the purity laws?”, Bible Review 11/3 (1995): 18-25 & 42-47, reproduced on Fredriksen's home page.

Paula Fredriksen, “What You See is What you Get: Context and Content in Current Research on the Historical Jesus”, Theology Today 52.1 (1995) pp. 75-97, reproduced on Fredriksen's home page.

Paula Fredriksen, “Gospel Chronologies, the Scene in the Temple, and the Crucifixion of Jesus”, on-line article, Fredriksen's home page.

Paula Fredriksen, “What does Jesus have to do with Christ?”, in A. M. Clifford and A. J. Godzieba (eds.), Christology: Memory, Inquiry, Practice (Maryknoll N.Y.: Orbis Press 2003): 3-17, reproduced on Fredriksen's home page.

Mark Goodacre, “Comprehensively Questing For Jesus?”: Review Article on Gerd Theissen & Annette Merz, The Historical Jesus: A Comprehensive Guide, Reviews in Religion and Theology 6 (1999): 116-20

Mark Goodacre, “The Quest to Digest Jesus: Recent Books on the Historical Jesus”, Reviews in Religion & Theology 7 (2000): 156-61

K. C. Hanson, “The Galilean Fishing Economy and the Jesus Tradition”, Biblical Theology Bulletin 27 (1997): 99-111

Richard B. Hays, “The Corrected Jesus”, Review Essay on Robert Funk et al (eds.), The Five Gospels: The Search for the Authentic Words of Jesus, in First Things 43 (May 1994): 43-48

Richard B. Hays, “The Jesus Quest and the Real Jesus”, Review Essay on Ben Witherington III, The Jesus Quest and Luke Timothy Johnson, The Real Jesus, in First Things 64 (June/July 1996): 44-46

Richard Heard, “The Life of Jesus”: Chapter 11 in An Introduction to the New Testament (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1950), reproduced on Religion-Online.

Leander E. Keck, The Second Coming of the Liberal Jesus?: Review article on Vermes, Borg and Crossan, The Christian Century, August 24-31 l994: 784-787; reproduced at Religion-Online.

Eric Laupot, “Tacitus' Fragment 2: The Anti-Roman Movement of the Christiani and the Nazoreans”, Vigiliae Christianae 54, no. 3 (2000): 233-47

William Loader, “The Historical Jesus Puzzle”, Colloquium 29.2 (1997): 131-150

William Loader, “Mark 7.1-23 and the Historical Jesus”, Colloquium. The Australia and New Zealand Theological Review 30/2 (1998): 123-151 (reproduced on Loader's home page)

William Loader, “Jesus the Jew”, Gesher. The Official Journal of the Council of Christians and Jews (Vic) Inc. 1/6 (1997) 48-56 and Trinity Occasional Papers XVII,2 (1997) 5-24 (reproduced on Loader's home page).

William Loader, “Simple Choices? A Response to John Dominic Crossan”, Colloquium. The Australia and New Zealand Theological Review 31.2 (1999) pp. 67-74 (reproduced on Loader's home page)

Richard Longenecker, “The Jesus of History and the Christ of Faith: Some Contemporary Reflections”, lecture given on February 11, 1999 at Yorkminster Park Theological Forum, Toronto, Canada.

Sanford Lowe, “The Significance of the Work of the Jesus Seminar for Judaism”, The Fourth R 5,4 (July 1992) (Reproduced on the Westar Insitute pages)

Lane C. McGaughy, “The Search for the Historical Jesus: Why start with the sayings?”, Fourth R 9,5-6 (September/December 1996) (reproduced on the Westar Institute Pages)

Scot McKnight, “Jesus and the Twelve”, IBR Studies (no date), Institute for Biblical Research web site

John P. Meier, “The Present State of the 'Third Quest' for the Historical Jesus: Loss and Gain”, Biblica 80 (1999): 459-487.

John P. Meier, “The Historical Jesus and the Historical Samaritans: What can be Said?”, Biblica 81 (2000): 202-232

Robert J. Miller, “The Jesus Seminar and Its Critics”, paper presented to the SBL Historical Jesus Section, November 1996 (New URL)

Robert J. Miller, “Can the Historical Jesus be Made Safe for Orthodoxy? A Critique of The Jesus Quest by Ben Witherington III”, Journal of Higher Criticism 4/1 (Spring 1997): 120-137.

Jerome Murphy O'Connor, “Jesus in Galilee: A Lecture on the Historical Roots of the First Half of the Gospel”: a one-hour talk (in Real Audio), sponsored by the American Friends of the École Biblique (St. Vincent Ferrer Church, River Forest, Illinois, U.S.A., 17 June 1999)

James M. Robinson, “The Real Jesus of the Sayings 'Q' Gospel”, on-line version of an address delivered at Princeton Theological Seminary, April 10, l997; reproduced at Religion-Online.

E. P. Sanders, “Jesus in Historical Context”, Theology Today 50 (1993): 429-48 (official on-line version of journal archive)

E. P. Sanders, “The Question of Uniqueness in the Teaching of Jesus”, (London: University of London, 1990), The Ethel M. Wood Lecture 15 February 1990, reproduced on Biblicalstudies.org.uk (New)

Claudia Setzer, “The Historical Jesus”, Tikkun Magazine Vol. 10, No. 4 (July 17 1995), p. 73, reproduced on the PBS: Frontline Web Site.

Mahlon H. Smith, “A Little Leaven: Jesus in Dialectical Perspective”, on-line article (Smith's homepage, posted July 1998).

Mahlon H. Smith, “Israel's Prodigal Son: Reflections on Reimaging Jesus”, Forum n.s. 1,2 (1998): 431-466, reproduced on The Jesus Seminar Forum.

Mahlon H. Smith, “Missing the Son of Man”, on-line article, The Jesus Seminar Forum (posted February 2000)

Glen H. Stassen, “The Marks of the Kingdom and the Four Dimensions of Jesus’ Justice”, on-line article (no date)

Armand Puig i Tàrrech, “La recherche du Jésus historique”, Biblica 81 (2000): 179-201

Charles Wanamaker, “The historical Jesus today: a reconsideration of the foundation of christology”, Journal of Theology for Southern Africa 94 (March 1996): 3-17

Robert L. Webb, “Jesus' Baptism: Its Historicity and Implications”, IBR Studies (no date), Institute for Biblical Research web site; also available as a PDF at biblicalstudies.org.uk.

Walter Wink, “Write What You See”, The Fourth R 7,3 (May/June 1994)

Ben Witherington, III, “The Wright Quest for the Historical Jesus”: Review article on N. T. Wright, Jesus and the Victory of God, The Christian Century, November 19-26 1997: 1075-1078, reproduced at Religion-Online

N. T. Wright, “Jesus and the Quest”, on-line article at The Anglican Institute (no date)

N. T. Wright, “Five Gospels but no Jesus: Jesus and the Seminar”, in Bruce Chilton and Craig A. Evans (eds.), Authenticating the Activities of Jesus (Leiden: Brill, 1999): 83–120, reproduced on the N. T. Wright page.

Joe Zias, “Crucifixion in Antiquity: The Evidence”, on-line article (1998) at the Century One Foundation, also available at James Tabor's site and at Joe Zias's homepage.